64 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, 



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D. (?)• P- (•')• v - (•')• A - (0 c - (0 Length, 2 inches. 

 Newfoundland, Cuv. 



L'Epinoche noire (Gasterosteus niger, Cuv.), Cnv. et v\al., iv. p. £03. 

 Gasterosteus niger, Black Burnslickle, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, ill. p. 56. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 68. 



7. Gasterosteus concinnus, Richardson. 



Olive-green, with a silvery belly, and the whole body and soft parts of the head sprinkled 

 with black dots. Body scaleless. The soft dorsal has nine rays. Contiguous to the anal fin 

 is a separate spine furnished with its proper membrane, like the dorsal spines, the longest of 

 which it equals in size. All the spines, both dorsal and ventral, are movable, and none of 

 them are serrated. Perhaps the smallest of fresh-water fishes. 



B.3. D. 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1-9. P. 10. V. 1-1. A. 1-9. C 13§. Length, 1 

 inch, 3 lines. 



From the Saskatchewan, Lat.53°, to the Great Bear Lake, in the 65th parallel, Rich. 



Gasterosteus concinnus, Tiny Bumstickle, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ. in. p. 57. 

 Uswae-atheek-asheesl, Cr.ee Indians. 

 Gasterosteus concinnus, Dekav's Report, p. 6S. 



8. Gasterosteus Mainensis, Storer. 



Sides yellowish ; beneath, silvery. Several transverse black bands, varying in their width, 

 upon the sides. Seven spines in front of the dorsal fin, that next the fin the largest. A 

 broad, oblong, serrated plate on the side. 



D. 7-10. P. 10. V. 1. A. 1-8. C. 8. Length, 2 inches. 



Fresh water, Kennebec County, Maine, Storer. 



Gasterosteus Mainensis, Maine Stickleback, Storer, Eost. Joum. Nat. Hist., I. p. 465. 

 " " Dekav's Report, p. 63. 



9. Gasterosteus inconstans, Kirtland. 



Olive or black upon the back ; faintly maculated with olive upon its sides ; a black or 

 fuscous zone often extends along the median line. Throat and abdomen yellowish or white. 

 Five or six movable spines in front of the dorsal fin. Body smooth. 



D. 5, 6, 9-12. P. (.')■ V. 1. A. 1-9, 12. C. (>). Length, \\ inches. 



Ohio, Kirtland. 



Gasterosteus inconstans, Kirtland, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., in. p. 273, pi. 2, fig. 1. 



10. Gasterosteus millepunctatus, Ayres. 



Greenish olive, thickly clouded over with brown, which latter color is produced by a 

 vast number of small blackish spots, not dispersed uniformly, but gathered in clouds and 



